Challenges.txt

Memory Leak in tail - Issues with swapping entire arrays or swapping geometries, can't dynamically update.

Solution - Pre allocate array, write shift loop myself, initialize all points to be at ship location at first. 


Boring background - plain black is laaaaaaame 

Solution - circle with cool texture


Glow - most shaders not working for opengl

postprocess bloom blooms everything. 

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11678769/whats-the-counterpart-for-gl-texcoord-in-opengl-es-2-0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNM0k522R7o

So found wonderful hack from dude, enhanced to support rotation.


THE TAIL

PERFORMANCE - FRUSTRUM CULLING


Sources: 
http://www.astroblend.com/blenderFiles/sphericalMaps/starfield.png
http://3dmoddeling.blogspot.com/2011/12/blog-post_12.html
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a5/c0/36/a5c036435003514b33d3ec93f1262c0c.jpg
https://free3d.com/3d-model/low-poly-space-ship-21086.html
https://static.turbosquid.com/Preview/2014/08/01__16_02_20/shiphull_b.jpg1970e5ee-9b0a-4433-a92a-ab5df985d81bOriginal.jpg